Soberpete's YBR 250

[felix]

Congrats on the wedding and plates mr pete! 滚 is probably the first thing i learned from mrs felix too.

[soberpete]

Christ! That decal looks good! You're 厉害！
How did you create that? Is it a secret or some simple program that you have on your PC?
We could actually do this decal thing...

[felix]

It's no secret, i did it in adobe illustrator. It was a joke on the ongoing MCM Patch thread which you obviously haven't been following!

[Nuhaus]

It's no secret, i did it in adobe illustrator. It was a joke on the ongoing MCM Patch thread which you obviously haven't been following!

K, I gotta ask. What is BLiC?

[euphonius]

K, I gotta ask. What is BLiC?

I believe you are one, but you weren't paying attention!

You'll find the answer here.

[felix]

Jesus, does anyone pay attention on this forum?

We're your other family. It is a biker-laowai-in-China (BLIC) tradition that you buy ALL the beer during your first year of marriage.

EDIT: well done euphonium, you beat me to it!

[soberpete]

Have I shown you all the giant hairnet that came with the YBR?
It's designed to fit around the seat for when you're riding in rainy weather I guess.
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[soberpete]

It took a while but I have now - finally - replaced all of the photos on this post . I originally uploaded this posts photos from a temporary account on 'Smugmug' but I didn't anticipate the fact that the links would die along with my account when the time ran out. My free 'Smugmug' account still has 4 wonderful days left before it expires and when it does I shall keep an eye out for any expired photo links that I didn't replace properly.

-A word regarding the successful upload of my photos onto MCM-
To those who aren't incredibly familiar with this site, I wish to share my experience with you and help you to avoid the waste of time and large amount of frustration that I went through.
After uploading all of my photos onto 'Smugmug', then again onto 'Facebook' and a third time onto 'Flikr' I found the easiest way was just to upload them straight from from my PC onto each post.
I did this using the "Insert image" button which is positioned directly to the right of the envelope "Insert Email Link" button while using the "Go Advanced" option. The same button is found to the right of the world "Insert Link" button on the "Quick Reply" option.
My first problems with uploading on this site began when I tried to upload my photos into albums on my profile. This stopped working after a short while and I was left clueless as to how else to upload photos... I can be fairly stupid sometimes .

[soberpete]

...with all of that said, I'd like to show you guys my latest photos of the bike with it's plates on. The first four photos include ZMC888's raptor and in one later photo, if you zoom in closely, you might be able to see him in the reflection of my mirrored visor.
The YBR has done just under 400km now and I ride it almost everyday. I'm trying pretty hard to break the engine in sooner rather than later so that I don't have to worry about revving it over 5000rpm for more than a ten seconds at a time.

0-1000 km (0-600 mi)
Avoid prolonged operation above 5000 r/min.
1000-1600 km (500 - 1000 mi)
Avoid prolonged operation above 6000 r/min.

I've only washed it once and that was before I started taking it around some places that might be considered 'off-road' so it looks a bit dirty.
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[soberpete]

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